Date: 10/07/1998

Number: 1

What a difference a day made in Austin!! I was totally amazed at the amount of sightings. I took a drive around the city (E,W,N & S) this afternoon about 2:00. In all regions, I saw several hundred. (Too many to count.) A far cry from my 2 sightings yesterday. It appeared the Monarchs were generally headed Southeast in direction as the wind was from the Northwest. It appear they are flying at an elevation of 5 to 30 ft. above ground in general. The temp. was in the high 80's ( for a great change ) and the winds were about 10-15 mph. with Blue Bird skies. The migration is about to be upon us here in Austin. I expect to report a more definitive report tomorrow as to numbers observed. I'll take a counter for sure.

Austin, TX

Latitude: 30.2 Longitude: -97.7

Observed by: Mike
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